SX50 - Close-up Bugs
Jul 12, 2013 20:36:17 #
Found a few to shoot in the garden. I believe this to be a male Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes as near as I could match the image on BugGuide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/34487 I shot several of him as he was a fascinating & ugly critter. The other one is a cousin of the grasshopper who got the bath the other day.
To show his actual size - close-ups follow
View from the top
Front & side view
Rear side view
Uh-oh .. he really looks like he wants me to quit.
Something more docile
Jul 12, 2013 21:27:26 #
Excellent set, geezerga! Are the four closeups of the insect shot on macro or did you zoom in close?
Jul 12, 2013 22:05:48 #
Jul 12, 2013 22:13:35 #
Jimande wrote:
Excellent set, geezerga! Are the four closeups of the insect shot on macro or did you zoom in close?
Hi Jim. Thanks for the nice comment. I don't do macro at all .. no luck with trying to hold the camera steady enough. I zoom & use a monopod .. sometimes sitting down with it in my lap. The really tight ones are zoomed & then cropped. Originals are 4000x3000 .. crops are 2636x1977, 2785x1638, 2149x1425 & 1869x2404. The flowerpot one is cropped to 1881x2508 & the grasshopper to 2365x1608. Originals are stored if you want to d'load. The EXIF info is intact.
Jul 12, 2013 22:16:02 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Nice shots and definitely some fascinating critters!
Thanks, Linda. It is all the same critter except for the grasshopper .... the closer I zoomed, the meaner he looked :-D
Jul 12, 2013 22:47:06 #
GeezerGal wrote:
Found a few to shoot in the garden. I believe this to be a male Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes as near as I could match the image on BugGuide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/34487 I shot several of him as he was a fascinating & ugly critter. The other one is a cousin of the grasshopper who got the bath the other day.
Very very nice GeezerGal, good detail
Jul 12, 2013 23:30:22 #
Very nice shots. I am quite imnpressed with the photos people have posted with that camera. Yours are up there with the best of them.
Jul 13, 2013 00:21:57 #
gregoryd45 wrote:
Very very nice GeezerGal, good detail
Thank you, Gregory. Mother Nature provides a lot of subjects.
Jul 13, 2013 00:28:01 #
Cotondog wrote:
Very nice shots. I am quite imnpressed with the photos people have posted with that camera. Yours are up there with the best of them.
Thank you, Cotondog. I appreciate your comments. The SX50 is a good tool to have in the gadget bag. Knowing when & where to use it is the secret to good photos with it.
Jul 13, 2013 06:31:24 #
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Jul 13, 2013 07:17:41 #
GeezerGal wrote:
Found a few to shoot in the garden. I believe this to be a male Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes as near as I could match the image on BugGuide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/34487 I shot several of him as he was a fascinating & ugly critter. The other one is a cousin of the grasshopper who got the bath the other day.
Super set, very interesting.
Jul 13, 2013 08:02:43 #
Geezer, those are fantastic. The fly thing looks fierce. I don't know if they bite humans but I watched one stab another bug twice it's size, hold it and wait for it to die before devouring it. You spent a lot more time with him than I would want to do!
Jul 13, 2013 09:25:39 #
Thanks for the info, I had made that assumption but was not sure. I do the same, I can't get close enough for macro, and even if I do the position I'm in causes me to shake worse. I really like the zoom feature on this camera, and get good shots using TV at high speeds, if I have ISO and EV correct. These closeups are superb examples of this camara's capabilities.
GeezerGal wrote:
Hi Jim. Thanks for the nice comment. I don't do macro at all .. no luck with trying to hold the camera steady enough. I zoom & use a monopod .. sometimes sitting down with it in my lap. The really tight ones are zoomed & then cropped. Originals are 4000x3000 .. crops are 2636x1977, 2785x1638, 2149x1425 & 1869x2404. The flowerpot one is cropped to 1881x2508 & the grasshopper to 2365x1608. Originals are stored if you want to d'load. The EXIF info is intact.
Jul 13, 2013 09:31:51 #
ebrunner wrote:
Well done. I like them all.
Thank you, ebrunner. I appreciate your comments.
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